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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “honorary”
Where the money went
Largest: $50,000 to INSPIRATION CORPORATION INC — general operations honorary
Largest: $4,000 to SPECIAL CARE INC — charitable - honorary
Largest: $15,000 to UT CO SHERIFFS OFFICE HONORARY COLO — community service
Largest: $30,000 to UW FOUNDATION — rick and anne matsen honorary professorship for shoulder research
Largest: $8,000 to PUPPIES BEHIND BARS — honorary sponsorship of a puppy
Largest: $25,000 to HISTORIC SOCIETY OF OLD YARMOUTH — in honor of honorary trustee perera
Hess FoundationParsippany, NJ
2 matching grants · $10.3M · through 2023Largest: $5.2M to HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL — john b. hess fund for innovation and leadership, the hbs dean's honorary endowment for business and society and unrestricted purposes
Offerdahl Family FoundationIncline Village, NV
4 matching grants · $7,000 · through 2025Largest: $2,500 to WASHOE COUNTY HONORARY DEPUTIES ASSOC — to initiate, sponsor, promote and carry out plans, policies, activities and development of the washoe county sheriffs office specifically, and law enforcement generally.
S H Cowell FoundationSan Francisco, CA
4 matching grants · $10,000 · through 2023Largest: $2,500 to ROU DALAGURR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY LAB AND TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGES INS — honorary grant to recognize contributions to the 2023 cowell grantee leadership retreat.
Largest: $250,000 to HARVARD COLLEGE — hbs dean's honorary endowment for business and society
David W Hearst Jr FoundationRancho Santa Fe, CA
2 matching grants · $150,000 · through 2025Largest: $100,000 to HONORARY DEPUTY SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION — grants related to purpose of chartiable organization
Largest: $115,000 to NATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTER — peacemaker honorary committee
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →